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English noun: plate | |||
| 1. | plate (artifact) (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | ||
| Samples | He ruled that the runner failed to touch home. | ||
| Synonyms | home, home base, home plate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bag, base | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
| 2. | plate (artifact) a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flat solid, sheet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baffle, baffle board, cylinder head, damper, disc, disk, engraving, escutcheon, fin keel, fishplate, grid, gusset, gusset plate, L-plate, lamella, license plate, nameplate, numberplate, plate iron, platen, plessimeter, pleximeter, storage-battery grid, tap | ||
| 3. | plate (artifact) a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | illustration | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fashion plate | ||
| 4. | plate (artifact) dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flatware | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dessert plate, dinner plate, paper plate, salad bowl, salad plate, soup plate, steel plate | ||
| 5. | plate (quantity) the quantity contained in a plate | ||
| Synonyms | plateful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | containerful | ||
| 6. | plate (object) a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly | ||
| Synonyms | crustal plate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crust, Earth's crust | ||
| 7. | plate (food) the thin under portion of the forequarter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut of beef | ||
| 8. | plate (food) a main course served on a plate | ||
| Samples | A vegetable plate. The blue plate special. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | entree, main course | ||
| 9. | plate (body) any flat platelike body structure or part | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | comb, frill, lamina, operculum | ||
| 10. | plate (artifact) the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anode | ||
| Part meronym | electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube | ||
| 11. | plate (artifact) a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded | ||
| Synonyms | photographic plate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flat solid, sheet | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | quarter plate | ||
| 12. | plate (artifact) structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | structural member | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | wall plate | ||
| Part meronym | construction, structure | ||
| 13. | plate (artifact) a shallow receptacle for collection in church | ||
| Synonyms | collection plate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | receptacle | ||
| 14. | plate (artifact) a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) | ||
| Synonyms | scale, shell | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shield | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, horseshoe, plate armor, plate armour, shell plating, shoe | ||
| 15. | plate (artifact) a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth | ||
| Synonyms | dental plate, denture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dental appliance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bridge, bridgework, false teeth, partial denture | ||
English verb: plate | |||
| 1. | plate (contact) coat with a layer of metal | ||
| Samples | Plate spoons with silver. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coat, surface | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chrome, chromium-plate, electroplate, gold plate, gold-plate, goldplate, nickel, silver, silver-plate, silverplate, tin, tin | ||
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